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Definition of gamete noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

gamete

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈɡæmit//
 
(biology)
 
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a male or female cell that joins with a cell of the opposite sex to form a zygote (= a single cell that develops into a person, animal, or plant)
See gamete in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary